This page outlines the steps necessary to open a Company account with National Irish Bank. It includes a step by step guide to each stage involved as well as all the necessary documents and forms that need to be supplied with your application. Please follow the steps outlined in the documentation and then make an appointment with one of our business managers.

If you are supplying personal information, you should read our ‘Privacy and Security’ page before agreeing to this and sending the information to us.

Checklist	Document Description
	Memorandum & Articles
	Certificate of Incorporation
	Details of your company’s shareholders holding a 10% or more of the share capital. (Word document)
	Details of the ultimate owner if any of your corporate shareholders holds a 25% stake or more of the share capital. (Word document)
	Proof of identity and address for two directors and two of those who are authorised to sign transactions on the business account (people authorised to sign and directors can be the same people). The same people each need to complete a How we use personal information document. This includes such details as marketing preferences, permission to communicate via email etc. The 'Marketing Preferences' section of this document must be completed for it to be valid

Documents provided need to be original or certified copies. Copies can be certified by a lawyer, auditor, embassy, consular staff, or any bank.

Please note that we may require additional documentation depending on the individual circumstances.

Stage 2: Review and completion of mandates and agreements
Based on your specific requirements we will send agreements for your authorised parties to sign. For convenience we have included pdfs of some of the standard forms below.

Mandate for Company when Opening New or Additional Accounts
A Mandate is your written authority to us to accept your instructions as to how you wish to operate your account(s) . It is imperative your Mandate is kept up to date and that we are advised of any changes. Once completed this will supercede any previous Mandate held. To help you in completing the Mandate we have prepared this guide.	Select
Signature Cards
These are used in order to provide us with specimen signatures. Each mandate holder should complete one form (i.e. 2 signatures each). Please note this is the correct form even through it makes reference to Personal Customer.	Select
Fax & Email Indemnity
This allows you to send fax and email instructions to us to act upon and allows us to communicate via email with you.	Select

Again, there may be additional forms to be completed based on your specific requirements. Once reviewed please complete, sign and return all forms to us.

Stage 3: Activation of account
Once we have received all your completed and correct documentation we will process it to activate the account. The account should be operational within 10 working days and all relevant cards and chequebooks will be supplied within 10 working days of receipt of signed agreements.

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